Author Archives: khanbaliqist

Shares for Shares

Posted on 09/02/2012 by khanbaliqist

Moved to Spicks and Specks.

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候机楼 (‘wait plane building’)

Posted on 05/01/2012 by khanbaliqist

Moved to Spicks and Specks.

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Blind Spots in Chinese Lexicography

Posted on 09/08/2011 by khanbaliqist

Sibagu.com now has a page on how the meaning of 莺/鶯 changed from ‘oriole’ to ‘warbler’ under the influence of Japanese. This topic was covered briefly at a LanguageHat post in January concerning Sinitic Borrowing; now the background evidence is … Continue reading →

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Level up

Posted on 25/07/2011 by khanbaliqist

Moved to Spicks and Specks

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